Throwback Thursday: The Greatest Save in Baseball History
“It was the greatest heroic act that’s ever happened on a baseball field.”
Today we look back at the greatest play in the history of our national pastime, which took place 35 years ago this past Monday, April 25, 1976. Rick Monday was playing center field for the Chicago Cubs, when he noticed two unkempt hippies kneeling in left-center, attempting to burn The American flag. Monday, being a veteran of the Marine Corps Reserves and adamant patriot, was not about to stand idly by and watch these protestors desecrate Old Glory. He dashed toward them and scooped up the flag, saving it from flames. Only one thing could have made this an even more timeless TFM: if he’d looped around and delivered a patriotic double clothesline to those disrespectful clowns.
The flag was displayed in Monday’s Vero Beach home until a hurricane threatened its safety, and it was moved to a safety deposit box. Monday hasn’t given a specific value for the flag, but said, “you’d have to add a lot of zeros. People have offered an outrageous amount of money for it- not that it’s for sale.” Rick Monday, American hero, FaF.
Monday lives in Vero Beach, FAF
13 years ago at 4:34 pmHAHA! First thing I noticed before I hit the video. Vero Beach is FAF
13 years ago at 10:10 pmSeriously. Vero is FaF.
13 years ago at 12:34 amDodger Town.
13 years ago at 12:37 amVero is FAF once you get past all the townies.
13 years ago at 1:56 pm2nd richest place in america!
13 years ago at 6:13 amWords can’t express how amazing this is
13 years ago at 4:52 pmI cried when I first saw this. Fucking Commies.
unfortunately somebody showed me this on bro bible.
13 years ago at 5:07 pmSame, but Brobible is essentially the TFM for northern frats…
13 years ago at 6:52 pmplease dont refer to us as northerner’s anymore, we are Southeastern Canadians now, or SEC… FAF!
13 years ago at 11:56 pmBrobible has some decent articles, but it is mostly tailored to Norther Lax Bros. Different culture but there are some similarities.
13 years ago at 2:13 ambrobible sucks. I don’t particularly hate the north or lax bros, but the site itself sucks
13 years ago at 10:23 amAlmost brought me to tears.
13 years ago at 5:12 pm“if that’s all you’re known for, that’s not a bad thing at all.” FAF
13 years ago at 5:21 pm2nd.
13 years ago at 10:16 pmAnyone else think TFM should start some sort of hall of fame where we could vote in America’s finest such as Mr. Rick Monday?
13 years ago at 5:30 pmabsolutely
13 years ago at 5:44 pmget the pledge on it.
13 years ago at 5:57 pmYes.
13 years ago at 6:20 pmPledge task
13 years ago at 6:53 pmbeautiful idea… doin the interns work for em.
13 years ago at 8:49 pmAnd Haze the pledge for not coming up with this idea himself..
13 years ago at 8:53 pm‘muricah
13 years ago at 5:32 pmFuck Yeah
13 years ago at 12:25 amSays it was displayed after for a while. Not that this isn’t an awesome story and act of patriotism, but shouldn’t it have been burned properly after he grabbed it? Not 100% about the “touching the ground” rule details.
13 years ago at 5:49 pmAs long as you clean it and it is still in good condition there is no need to dispose of it.
13 years ago at 11:10 pmFaF
13 years ago at 6:23 pmi want his shirt
13 years ago at 7:15 pm